Indiana Pacers' Danny Granger moves the ball up the court against the New Orleans Pelicans at Bankers Life Fieldhouse Saturday January 4, 2013.

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Selflessness can be tough to come by in the world of professional sports that is, by and large, mostly a me-first place.

The NBA's epicenter for the ego-less is the San Antonio Spurs' AT&T Center, where coach Gregg Popovich and general manager R.C. Buford have created a me-last culture with the Spurs that has worked to near-perfection for nearly two decades. But the Indiana Pacers, who earned so many horrific headlines earlier this century before Larry Bird headed the most impressive of clean-up jobs, have fast become their Eastern Conference counterparts.